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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 07:01 PM
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Bentley Flying Spur in Slow Speed Pursuit in L.A.!

Did anybody else on MBworld hear about the Bentley chase in L.A.?

.....Who does 25 mph in a Flying Spur on the 101 especially if you're running from the cops?!?!

There's some crazy people out there!!
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 07:20 PM
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Yeah I stood on an overpass and watched him "go"!!?? he ended up blasting himself inside the bentley, shoulda had him sign over the title to me first, jk.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 08:39 PM
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anyone got a link to this story?
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 08:43 PM
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anyone got a link to this story?
Here you go http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...tory?track=rss
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 09:27 PM
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WOW, thats just a crazy story...
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 09:53 PM
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I was watching this on TV last night... It wasn't very far from me at all.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 10:27 PM
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It was one of two that I saw last night/morning(sad ending).The other one I saw was that little red Mitsubishi(I think) until he crash into a parked truck.Btw this SOB was flying on surface streets.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 02:11 AM
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Yup, I work here at Universal Studios, on the Graveyard shift, and we were all outside watching all the choppers in the sky, about 7-8 at one point, he offed himself at the Lankershim Toyota dealer around the corner...too bad really, those Bently's have nice interior...
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The idiot shot himself in the head last night
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 09:12 AM
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Yup, I work here at Universal Studios, on the Graveyard shift, and we were all outside watching all the choppers in the sky, about 7-8 at one point, he offed himself at the Lankershim Toyota dealer around the corner...too bad really, those Bently's have nice interior...
Well if it was a low caliber weapon it might just have stayed inside, rattling 'round a bit...we can only hope
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it was Rapper Dj Khaled
his name is Mustafa Mustafa
it was his car...he put the gun on his girlfriend to scare her or kill her dunno
then cops came and he left and started the pursuit
he knew he was going to jail for a long time so he commited suicide
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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 11:49 PM
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No, they thought it was, but Khaled posted on his own blog that he is in FL working on the next Rick Ross album. It was a mid-east business man that resembled him. Sad, bizarre story. Sounds like a crazy movie or something.
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